Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 714 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 167 Parallax 102 83% 123 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 406 436 426 358 263 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 453 Mixed 373 SusWrite 394 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 43.8 142% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 364 271% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 148GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 242 69 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.7% Above average	Read 253 Write 241 Mixed 229 SusWrite 128 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 30.3 99% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 168 121% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 112GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 464 474 408 196 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 457 Mixed 401 SusWrite 364 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 47.2 150% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 353 243% 300 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 35.6 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	657x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	364x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16